Phillipines Trust Index
Summary
This page presents additional analysis of survey data collected by the Philippine Red Cross (PRCS) during February and March 2023, covering questions around trust as part of the Trust Index project.
Sampling
Coverage
The sampling employed a probability approach, in particular, a two-stage cluster sampling approach covering eight districts across the country, which were selected by the PRC chapters. Using a GIS-based methodology (gridsample.org) within each districts neighborhoods were sampled (first stage), and within each neighborhood twenty households were systematically sampled. Taken together, an estimated x % of the Philippine population lives in the regions covered in the survey.
Gender and age group
Compared to the overall Philippine population in the sample, women especially older women are over-represented, while younger people are under-represented.
| Demographic | Total | Female | Male | Other |
| Respondents | 2897 | 1980 | 904 | 13 |
Education
When it comes to highest level of education, the survey respondents with no formal education as well as people with only primary school education are over-represented in the sample, compared to World Bank data of the overall population. People with secondary education are under-represented in the sample.
Relationship with Red Cross
To better understand community trust, we identified previous relationships with the Philippines Red Cross. We distinguished between people who are Red Cross volunteers, people who had previously received assistance from the Red Cross (referred to here as ‘beneficiaries’), people who had previous support or donate to the Red Cross (referred to here as ‘donors’) and those who had never received assistance (referred to as ‘others’). This study did not focus on Red Cross volunteers.
Results
When looking at the overall results for competency and values, we see no major differences between age groups, gender, and rural/urban settings. The largest differences we see among district, occupation as well as education.
Score distribution
Weighting
The survey data has been weighted based estimated population size of the district and the response rate of each sampled neighborhood. In addition, adjustments were made to re-balance the gender ratio in accordance with Philippine census 2021 estimates. For comparison we included also un-weighted results in the graph, as well as the sub-set of the data for volunteers, people who indicate to have received support from the PRCS as well as the group that neither volunteered nor received assistance.
Overall, we see no major differences between these groups, the weighted data means are slightly more positive than un-weighted data.
Weighted score
The weighted results for the trust question on competencies show very little variation, only the question on capability of the Philippine Red Cross Society had a slight higher mean value than all the other question on competencies. We see slightly more variation in terms of the questions on values where items on transparency and independence from the government show a lower mean (2.2 out of the 0-3 scale). However, overall the responses are very positive (with an average of 2.5 for both values and competencies).
Results per participants
When looking at the sub-groups of people who volunteered and beneficiaries as well as others, we see that people who volunteer provide the most positive rating from the three groups. In terms of beneficiaries they rate the PRCS higher than the non-volunteer/beneficiaries in terms all the question on competencies, and most of the questions on values (except transparency and inclusiveness). For these two questions, non-volunteer/beneficiaries actually rate the PRCS performance higher than beneficiaries, which might indicate that having experience the work of the PRCS lowers people’s perceptions on these value dimensions. Further analysis is need to understand if the difference between the groups is actually significant.
